Word: morale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After showing that God has not fulfilled the phophetic vision of the Old Testament in the terms of the ancient world Professor Holmes explained the need for a religion made more of the dynamic inner ideals of modern man which drive him on in his actual life than of moral stories which are incompatible with his attitude of mind and its scientific method...
...suddenly, and in despite of the Socialist Government of German Prime Minister Hermann Müller, Dr. Schacht announced: first, that the Young Plan had been so tinkered that it is no longer the document he originally signed; second, that it would be "morally wrong" for the Reichsbank to associate itself with a plan so contrary to German interests, since it now sanctions France to act against the Fatherland in the event of German refusal to pay Reparations; and third, that Dr. Schacht, basing his stand as he said "on the highest moral grounds," would not as President...
...Obey or Emigrate!" Calling in correspondents, Dr. Schacht thundered: "The Reichsbank is concerned primarily with whether the Young Plan rests on a moral basis. It does not! The only way to make the world respect the integrity of the Reichsbank is for the Reichsbank to refuse to enter into this immoral agreement. But it is now a question of law! I must obey German law or emigrate. It is suggested that I ought to resign. I will not resign to please anybody. I will resign only if I am wrong. I will continue to obey German...
Thus, still firm upon "the highest moral grounds," Dr. Schacht yielded and agreed-making clear that he agreed under duress-that the Reichsbank will subscribe its B. I. S. quota. This removed the last real obstacle to complete agreement at The Hague; but throughout Germany a tempest of controversy brewed. Whereas a few weeks ago ratification of the Young Plan by the Reichstag seemed certain, correspondents of nearly all major news services now filed long despatches full of ominous doubts. Skillful Dr. Schacht had roused in the German public mind a fear that Dr. Curtius had conceded too much...
...handing out note books is to glare suspiciously; and this they do for three hours. They have little faith in the student's power to resist temptation. They put him by himself with three or four empty seats between him and his neighbor, as if he were a moral leper. I don't precisely know what happens when the monitor catches someone cheating, but probably the criminal is expelled with indignation; is hailed before a dean; sermonized and expelled from Harvard forever...